SOME KIND OF TROUBLE SOME KIND OF TROUBLE Posted 06 May 2011 18:19 Supreme Being By Paul S. Power "Music Reviewer" (Nova Scotia, Canada) This review is from: Some Kind of Trouble (Audio CD) The thing that made James Blunt stand out so much when he first stepped into the international spotlight in 2005 was his voice. It was unique. The fact that he is an excellent songwriter also helped, and that his back-story was pretty interesting (British Army service in Kosovo, etc). He has released 3 albums so far and he's had his share of detractors, some making fun of his patented sound. The fact that the guy has sold millions of albums, lives in Ibiza and dates supermodels is a good indication of who has the last laugh on that matter. His second album, "All The Lost Souls" (2007) was a bit darker and more introspective than his debut album, but contained the fantastic song "1973", which for me stands out so much because when I first saw/heard it I was in my favourite pub in Scotland, watching music videos.

That James Blunt moment will always be with me. This album (number 3) comes across as much more cheerful and optimistic than it's predecessor. The first song released off this CD was "Stay The Night", and even though it came out before last winter it's a 100% pure summer song. Light, enjoyable and catchy. It's impossible to hear the song and not think of a breeze blowing through the car window and long hot nights on the beach. There are some wonderful surprises on this album as well; "Turn Me On" sounds like a cross between Kings of Leon and The White Stripes. "Dangerous" offers a hip 1980's style drum machine and Dire Straits-like guitars. "These Are The Words" is a slick and groovy number with, again, guitar work that pays homage to Dire Straits. These two songs are great. Looking at a few more tracks, "So Far Gone" again travels a similar path to Kings of Leon and "I'll Be Your Man" is a joyous hand-clapping romp that has a folk rock vibe to it.

It would be na�ve to think that a James Blunt album wouldn't have quieter moments on it, he is after all the man who gave the world one of the most popular contemporary songs used at funerals ("Goodbye My Lover"). In that vein, "Best Laid Plans" is a one-sided love song and "No Tears" is very much like a Robbie Williams ballad, of which James said the song is "the summing up of a life", it's a very deep and reflective song. It is also a great track. I personally think this CD is James Blunt's best work so far. Posted 18 July 2011 03:26 Supreme Being Last Login: Yesterday @ 23:57 Posts: 5,753, Visits: 7,462 I don't know how I could have missed this video recorded live on Ustream on January 18th 2011 for the release of SKOT in United States. James answers questions from fans and performs his new songs with the band. One of the highlight is when he sings "If Time Is All I Have" sitting on a stool... he wipes two tears at the end.

All the emotion he puts in this rendition makes me shiver. James Blunt Plugs In and Performs Songs off 'Some Kind of Trouble' By Charley Rogulewski Posted Jan 18th 2011 10:30AM James Blunt is " f**king happy," and his good mood has rubbed off on his third studio album, 'Some Kind of Trouble,' that hits stores today. After two years of non-stop touring behind 2007's 'All the Lost Souls,' Blunt was burned out and found himself searching for his inner innocence. The songs on 'Some Kind of Trouble' aren't those depressing love-drenched ballads most people associate Blunt with. Instead, the lyrics are about everyday experiences, like hanging out with friends and not wanting the night to end. "That was important to me, just to feel connected to the normal, real world," Blunt told PopEater. Today Blunt joins us to perform the new upbeat tunes off 'Some Kind of Trouble.' He'll also be talking about the year he spent getting into trouble and recording the 13-track offering. Check out the exclusive broadcast below, starting today at 11AM ET.

James Blunt Live at Studio 1290 (New-York) Lenght: 23min16 Posted 27 September 2011 21:46 Forum Guru Last Login: 06 March 2012 13:43 Posts: 50, Visits: 144 I place an order for a CD few days ago. I was HARD trying to find CD in music shop, but too many times it was said: "What are you looking for? Who?! James Blunt? Let's see on computer" and there were nothing One day I was happy that there were one CD in music shop, but shop-assistant couldn't find it and said: "May be somebody steal it?". So... it is TOO hard to find James Blunt CD in Moscow But I DO hope that my order wouldn't decline and discs come to me soon.

I'll never give up Posted 24 January 2013 01:59 Supreme Being Last Login: Yesterday @ 23:57 Posts: 5,753, Visits: 7,462 This interview published on a blog had escaped our attention in February 2011. According to the info given in the article, the author Ben Bamsey interviewed James in New York on November 11th 2010. Although the two first paragraphs don't give us any new information, I found interesting to read the author and James' comments after. James Blunt Sunday, February 20, 2011 He sang about a girl that made him fucking high in an octave to prove it. But before James Blunt crooned, �You�re Beautiful,� he drove a tank for the British Army, and was the captain who led 30,000 troops into Kosovo. Among his duties in the Balkan Peninsula in 1999 was to seize the Pri�tina Airport. Two hundred Russian troops had arrived there first, however, and the order from NATO commanders was to overpower them.

But Blunt and his ground general refused, believing it could start WWIII, and instead found a way to work with the Russians to share the facility. Blunt�s cavalry unit did flex its military might in the region, ultimately driving Milo�ević and the Yugoslav Army out, but James Blunt brought more than just a gun to the Balkans. Strapped to the outside of his tank was a six-string guitar, and through music he wrote about the madness� Blunt was born into the military on a base where his father served, and his grandfathers before that dating back to the 10th century. The patriarchs preached army, but Mom gave him the gift of music. Beatles, Beach Boys, The Doors, and the great singer/songwriters of the late 1970�s soothed his artistic soul. Blunt learned the piano and violin by age seven. At 14, he was writing songs and playing guitar in a covers band, and later added the organ, marimba and Mellotron to his repertoire. Blunt�s calling was song, but his destiny was service.

He earned a pilot�s license at age 16, went to army-sponsored college and quickly earned his stripes in the armed forces. After Kosovo, Blunt stood guard at Buckingham Palace and was on duty during the Queen Mother�s funeral. Then, in 2002, after six years of service to his country, Blunt traded in marching orders for a soft falsetto. With raw talent, a worldly perspective and an abundance of honest songs, Blunt hit the road to share his soul. Fans fell in love with this sensitive balladeer, rocketing him into the stratosphere of the music elite. Mentioned in the same breath as David Gray, Damien Rice and even a young Elton John, Blunt sold a staggering 18 million albums during the 2000�s and earned five Grammy nominations. After two world tours and setting three Guinness World Records along the way, Blunt is now set to release his third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble in January 2011. Ironically, it was Veteran�s Day when I sat down to talk to James Blunt in New York.

With a noisy parade of patriotism passing by, I began by thanking him for his service, and then asking him if he had a lasting image from his days in uniform. He recounted the inhumanity, violence and death he witnessed, along with the courage and compassion of many, but his most vivid reflection came seven years after the war. �I went back to do a documentary on Kosovo, and it is still totally scarred, emotionally and physically,� he said. �Here it is all that time after, and yet the scars of war will last for generations. What it taught me is that violence only creates more violence, and that diplomacy is incredibly important. If we just try and understand other people�s perspectives and try and reach a balance of tolerance � that�s the fastest path towards achieving peace.� Like his singing, Blunt�s speaking comes straight from the heart. Experience has tested him, yet his ability to process emotion is as relatable as it is deep. �No Bravery� and �Same Mistake� are more than songs; they are therapeutic journal entries about a brutal war witnessed first-hand. When it comes to love, Blunt sits first chair in Cupid�s orchestra � a virtuoso at plucking heartstrings.

From the ode to an angel in �High� to the despair of letting her go in �Goodbye My Lover,� Blunt�s jukebox spins all emotions into submission on the dance floor. This graduate of Sociology from the University of Bristol has long been interested in the empirical investigation of the human condition. �Cry� is his dissertation on companionship. With every word and musical arrangement, Blunt achieves sincerity. It�s a quality that attracts loyal fans and repels people who prefer to live in the clouds. The singer is meticulous in his presentation � a perfectionist who spent more than a year locked in his studio fine-tuning Some Kind of Trouble. It�s an important album for Blunt, who views it as a new chapter in his career. He calls Back to Bedlam and All the Lost Souls bookends � the action of innocence followed by the reaction of losing it. In the snap of a finger James Blunt went from �unrecognizable man on the street� to the singer who knocked an established Coldplay from the top spot on the charts. All of a sudden his every move was dissected, every song critiqued. Fame and expectation slapped him around when it came time to write a follow-up.

�All the Lost Souls was recorded with the audience in mind. It was quite introverted, and much darker than the first,� he reflects. Despite debuting at number one in ten countries and selling five million copies, Blunt feels his voice got lost in a big pair of britches, as though making profound statements had somehow become more important than tying his shoes. Blunt�s junior album reinvents the cherry. Gone are his long locks, and back is his boyish charm. He does not play rock star in this act; instead he�s in the middle of the crowd partying like everyone else. �I�m very settled now. I�ve been hanging out with my friends, living an ordinary life. I�ve had normal experiences. That�s why I feel this third album has new and fresh emotions, topics and lyrics that any human alive and conscious will be able to relate to. My na�ve optimism has returned.� As a result, Some Kind of Trouble is upbeat, leaning towards naughty, yet still grounded in honest prose. The first single, �Stay the Night,� is a sexy, acoustic-driven dance ditty slathered in California love.

It�s a simple song about perfect weather, a brilliant sunset and a blossoming romance. �It has this feeling that it was written around a campfire,� Blunt says about the track penned alongside Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and producer Steve Robson. �I�m hoping Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to call me up and commission me to use it as a holiday commercial.� The bittersweet �These Are the Words� aches of a ripe vulnerability turned sour, while the trenchant �Superstar� gives Hollywood a golden shower. �He says times like these I don�t want to be a superstar/Cause reality TV killed them all in America/Oh the sun always shines in a magazine/Tonight can we be free to be who we really are? Anchoring this album is the poignant, unsentimental ballad �No Tears� � a song that seems to sum up a life. �I am proud of it melodically and how it�s structured,� Blunt says, �but lyrically I love its sense of understanding and resolution.

It recognizes that I have made mistakes, I have regrets, I�m the one that�s made this bed, so I lie in it � and that is me.� After song 11 on the new album there�s five seconds of dead air. It�s meant for listeners to soak everything in before Blunt hurls sauna steam on them. Track thirteen is titled �Turn Me On,� and on it sultry bass plays hard-to-get with the pulsating percussion. Blunt oozes lyrics like, �Underwater with someone�s daughter/Gonna make you a dirty woman,� while his lead guitar finds satisfaction through an explosive staccato riff. Atlantic did not want this scorcher on the record. The label agreed after Blunt proposed separating the song from the rest. �Kinda� makes it stand out even more,� he smirks. Blunt enjoyed a similar triumph when Custard Records told him the word �fucking� in �You�re Beautiful� had to go. �I told them, �No way,�� Blunt says. �I�d already written the song. If I changed it, then that would have been a lie.

They looked at other versions, �I am especially high,� �I am particularly high,� �I am really, rather high.� But, come on! I mean when you�re high, and you�re really high � what are you? You�re fucking high! I enjoy words, and I use words for a reason, not for an effect. Sometimes a swear word is entirely relevant.� For the radio, Blunt did change the lyrics to �flying high,� because he believes that airplay singles are simply commercials to get listeners to check out the deeper tracks on an album. He�s always wanted his music to speak for itself, and articulating a song�s meaning makes him uncomfortable. �If I would�ve wanted more words, I would have written another verse,� he says. A military turned music hero, Blunt takes good care of the soil that holds his roots � giving time and money to environmental, humanitarian and veterans� health causes.

Now that Blunt has sprung from his creative cave, he can�t wait to share the new material with his fans, kicking off a world tour in early 2011� �I have a great band that helped record this album, and we�re going to have the time of our lives playing these songs for everybody.� Written by: Ben Bamsey Posted 24 January 2013 16:12 Supreme Being Last Login: 27 April 2016 14:02 Posts: 628, Visits: 2,117 I understand, Susan. I think what you would like to know is what James means by it all. I would like to know that, too, but still don�t want him to say. He should have some secret sacred emotions that he's not sharing the meaning with the world is what i think. His music is so personal, everything else about it should be his treasure. I am sometimes afraid for him that he gives too much away and will break over it. Californiagirl, he is so very cute!!!!

Posted 11 October 2016 19:01 Supreme Being Last Login: Yesterday @ 18:00 Posts: 876, Visits: 584 I don't remember much air play on Canadian radio, but that could just be me being unaware and out of touch with the world. It seems to have been not as well received as the first two albums. Despite that, I think this is a strong album, full of beautifully crafted songs. The style is a bit different, though what I enjoy and admire is James' commitment to honesty and authenticity, and that has been consistent. If I had to rank, this is my 2nd favourite album. I'm a bit sadden that it's not properly catalogued on this site, as I really believe it a fantastic album and something to be proud of. James Blunt Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Singers James Blunt Biography James Blunt is an English singer-songwriter. Read the biography to learn all about his childhood, career, profile and timeline. Quick Facts Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Personality Type Jane A.F.

(nÃ©e Amos) siblings 2005 - MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act 2005 - Q Award for Best New Act 2005 - Digital Music Award for Best Pop Act More Awards 2006 - NRJ Music Award (France) for Best International Newcomer 2006 - BRIT Award for Best pop act and Best Male Vocalist 2006 - ECHO Award (Germany)for Best International Newcomer 2006 - NME Award for Worst Album 2006 - MTV Australia Video Music Award for Song of the Year 2006 - Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work and International Hit of the Year 2006 - MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video and Best Cinematography 2006 - World Music Award for Best New Artist in the World and Biggest Selling British Artist in the World 2006 - Teen Choice Award (United States) for Choice Music Male Artist 2008 - ECHO Award (Germany) for Best International Male Artist 2010 - Virgin Media Music Award for The Hottest Male 2011 - Regen

bogen Award (Germany) for Best International Male Artist Image Credit James Blunt, an English singer-songwriter and musician, started his career as a commissioned officer in the British Army.

He rose to the rank of army captain and saw action in the strife-torn Kosovo region. After six years of service, he decided to resign from the army to focus on his musical career. He changed his name from James Hillier Blount to James Blunt. He signed with EMI, before securing a recording contract with âAtlantic Recordsâ and âCustard Recordsâ. His debut studio album, âBack to Bedlamâ, initially attracted little critical attention and his live performances received somewhat mixed reviews, where his lack of performing experience became apparent. However, soon his debut album garnered popularity with the masses and the single âYou're Beautifulâ from the album propelled him to stardom. Another single âGoodbye My Loverâ from the same album became immensely popular and Blunt started being recognized for his musical talents. The album sold several million copies worldwide and featured on the UK Albums Chart and also earned great success in the US. His second album, âAll the Lost Soulsâ, topped the charts in over 20 countries.

His other albums, âSome Kind of Troubleâ and âMoon Landingâ, also did exceedingly well on the charts. The singer has won many accolades especially for his debut album and continues to perform in live shows and concerts. Childhood & Early Life James Blunt is the eldest child of Jane and Charles Blount, a colonel in the British Army Air Corps and military pilot. He was a very active teenager and by the age of sixteen, he acquired his pilot's license and learnt to ride motorcycles. He attended Elstree School, Berkshire and the prestigious Harrow School in London. He was admitted to the University of Bristol on army-sponsored seat where he pursued aerospace engineering and later switched to sociology. He earned his bachelorâs degree in sociology in 1996. Career As his education was sponsored by the Army, James Blunt was legally bound to join the defense forces for minimum of four years. Commissioned in the Life Guards, he soon ascended the ladder and was made the Captain. In 1999, he became the part of the NATO deployment in Kosovo as an armored reconnaissance officer.

An enthusiastic skier, he eventually became the best skier of the entire âRoyal Armored Corpsâ. When he was still serving in the armed forces, he recorded a demo. One of his friends asked him to forward the demo to Todd Interland who was Elton John's manager. The track 'Goodbye My Loverâ impressed Interland. After six years of service he resigned from the British Army in 2002 to accomplish his musical dreams and adopted an easier-to-spell stage-name Blunt. Though he was signed with EMI music publishers, he was struggling to earn himself a record contract. In 2003, he grabbed the attention of the American musician, Linda Perry, through his promotional tape when she was touring London. This brought about a much expected turn in Bluntâs career and he soon signed a recording contract with Linda. The year 2003, proved significant to Bluntâs career and he came out with his debut album âBack to Bedlamâ. Produced in association with Tom Rothrock, the album was recorded at Rothrock's Los Angeles home studio.

His most successful single release to date, âYou're Beautifulâ, which catapulted him to limelight was part of the âBack to Bedlamâ album. It peaked at no. 1 on pop charts in several countries including the Britain, the United States, Spain, Canada and the Netherlands. In 2007, he released the album, âAll the Lost Soulsâ which helped him develop a fan base included the hit singles â1973â, âSame Mistakeâ, âCarry You Homeâ ,âI Really Want Youâ, âLove, Love, Loveâ and âIt Is My Song". âSome Kind of Troubleâ, his third studio album, released in 2010, however, failed to reiterate his previous grand success and received mixed reviews from the music critics. It debuted at no. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, and at no. 11 on the Billboard 200. The album included singles such as, âStay the Nightâ and âIf Time Is All I Haveâ.

It was praised as âa move toward love songs free of pretensionâ by âAllmusicâ. âMoon Landingâ, his latest album was released in 2013. Its first single âBonfire Heartâ reached no. 4 in the UK Singles Chart within a couple of weeks of its release. It also featured on music charts of several countries all over the world. Major Works James Bluntâs debut album, âBack to Bedlamâ, was certified 10× platinum. With its highly popular hit singles such as, âYou're Beautifulâ, âGoodbye My Loverâ, and âHighâ, the album is the 16th best-selling album in UK chart history. His 2007 released album, âAll the Lost Soulsâ received Platinum certification in Australia and Germany. It reached no. 1 on the album charts in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Britain. Awards & Achievements In 2006, James Blunt was nominated in five categories for the Brit Award.

He won two of them in the categories, âBest British Male Solo Artistâ and âBest Pop Actâ. For his hit single, âYouâre Beautifulâ, he won the âMTV Australia Video Music Awardâsâ âSong of the Year Awardâ in 2006. He won two Ivor Novello Awards in the categories, âPRS Most Performed Workâ and âInternational Hit of the Yearâ for âYou're Beautifulâ. He shared the awards with songwriters Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek. Personal Life & Legacy James Blunt got engaged to Sofia Wellesley in 2013. An Edinburgh University graduated she is employed as a legal consultant in London. He shares a strong bond with his family and his father manages his finances. He has stated that âfame and celebrity is something that other people have constructed that I'm not really party toâ. He was impressed with the work done by the medical charity âMédecins Sans Frontièresâ and has been helping in raising funds for the organization through benefit concerts.

He has been associated with environmental causes, and screened the trailer for âAn Inconvenient Truthâ at one of his concerts. In 2007, he also performed at the âLive Earthâ concert at Wembley Stadium, London. Trivia This British pop star holds a Guinness World Record for the âMost Albums Sold in a Yearâ in the UK with 2,368,000 copies. This British singer is also known by the nicknames Blunty and Weener. One he got at Harrow School, while the other was given to him while he was serving in the army. Translate this page to Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese Pictures of James Blunt James Blunt on new album Moon Landing | The National James Blunt performs at the Dubai International Jazz Festival in February last year. Sarah Dea / The National James Blunt on new album Moon Landing Graeme Thomson Updated: October 20, 2013 06:21 PM Related Pop reviews James Blunt is buzzing with nervous excitement.

The 39-year-old English singer-songwriter is writing out song lyrics by hand, sorting out artwork, bagging up his favourite new songs and generally chomping at the bit for the world to hear his new album, Moon Landing. A record he describes as the natural successor to his breakthrough debut, Back to Bedlam, it’s clear that his fourth studio album is particularly close to his heart. Why Moon Landing? The moon landings were stark, lonely affairs and this album has the same feeling. The recordings have a lot of space. It’s also a throwback to this huge achievement that one struggles to achieve again. Like first love, like a first record – all those things are what the title means to me. The result is the album I would have recorded if Back to Bedlam hadn’t sold in its masses. Did the success of that album take you by surprise? I wrote and recorded Back to Bedlam as an independent artist, with an independent producer called Tom Rothrock who had worked with Beck, Elliott Smith and Badly Drawn Boy.

We made this sparse album with a lot of naivety and charm, and it happened to include a song called You’re Beautiful, which took it from being independent to being a dirty word: "mainstream". It took me on an amazing journey. I did three world tours and made a slightly bigger, deeper, richer second album with my touring band. By my third album I was writing songs for the arenas I was playing in. I had an electric guitar and I knew I needed to engage with the larger wall of sound you need in those venues. It was amazing, but having done that it was fantastic to find that, actually, you know what? I want to go back and write songs for myself. That suggests a degree of ambivalence about your success. Yeah, to a degree I think you’re right. It’s been a journey I’ve loved, but it’s been fantastic to come back and say: "This is the indie album that I might naturally have gone back to." If you write something for yourself without second-guessing an audience, it’s just much more honest. It’s from the heart and an audience can pick up on that and possibly engage more.

Does that also imply some dissatisfaction with your last two albums, All the Lost Souls and Some Kind of Trouble? They were fulfilling a desire to be something and someone, to perform in that way. Songs from my third album, such as Superstar, are really fun and when I first picked up an electric guitar they were the kinds of songs I wanted to write. But I would describe them as fun, whereas Moon Landing is a really deeply personal journey and more rewarding. When you put so much of yourself into it, the rewards are so much greater. How did you make the album? The old-school way. There’s no formula, it isn’t computer-driven, we used real musicians and the vintage instruments that Tom Rothrock always has. It clicked that this is what I wanted to go back to – not being producer-dependent, but instead working with someone who enables me to express myself. We recorded it in Los Angeles and I found, when I was singing through the glass to Tom in the control room, that the glass became a mirror. I was singing to myself, and you can’t pose or posture to yourself – you can’t hide anything. It was about real honesty at that stage. It’s a very romantic record. Are you a romantic?

Unashamedly romantic. I’ve been told in the past that romantic is another dirty word, associated with sensitive singer-songwriters, and that all of these are things we should be ashamed of. But no – this album is sensitive and romantic. Proudly so. You’ve had your fair share of criticisms over the years. Has any of it stuck in the memory? I don’t think so and if it had I would think twice about repeating them. They’re only words, they only hurt if you take them seriously – and more often than not they might be right. Moon Landing (Atlantic) is out tomorrow Some Kind of Trouble by James Blunt: Amazon.co.uk: Music All The Lost Souls by James Blunt Audio CD Â£2.69 Only 2 left in stock. Sold by A ENTERTAINMENT and sent from Amazon Fulfillment. FREE Delivery on orders over Â£20. Details Moon Landing by James Blunt Audio CD Â£4.72 Only 1 left in stock. Sold by best_value_entertainment and sent from Amazon Fulfillment. FREE Delivery on orders over Â£20.

Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Product Description James Blunt releases his third studio album Some Kind Of Trouble. The album features 12 new songs and was produced by Steve Robson (with additional production from Greg Kurstin and Eg White). It sees Blunt, who has sold in excess of 16 million albums worldwide, capturing a new feeling of spontaneity and freshness summed up by his comment that he sees his first two albums as a pair of book ends - action and reaction. Some Kind Of Trouble, then, is very much the start of a new chapter. The album was recorded largely in London with members of James' touring band. The album includes the single "Stay The Night". Review When James Blunt released his second album, All the Lost Souls, in 2007, critical attention focused on lead single 1973 and, in particular, the line "As time goes by I will always be in a club with you in 1973, singing Here We Go Again".

"But he wasn’t alive in 1973," they said. "And what’s this Here We Go Again? Does he mean Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again? That hadn’t even been recorded." Talk about playing the man, not the ball. Essentially, You’re Beautiful isn’t easily forgiven; a crime heinous enough to deny a singer artistic licence. Not that any of this mattered one jot to Captain Blunt, who went on selling millions of records, squiring lovely ladies the world over and being a thoroughly good egg on Sesame Street. Prejudice ignored All the Lost Souls’ good points, which included a serviceable slice of classic pop in the maligned 1973 and generally decent Elton John-indebted melodies across the rest of its easy-listening tracks. Nothing any more awful than Blunt’s own tremulous whine. But while that voice retains its special majesty here, Some Kind of Trouble can’t match its predecessor’s virtues. Its lack of life is a problem.

The single Stay the Night is a deceptively bright introduction, a joyous bit of fluff that sees Blunt waiting to make his move at a California party ("We’ve all been singing Billie Jean" – at least that’s plausible, right?). It’s followed by the similarly perky Dangerous, which somehow marries Michael Sembello’s Flashdance soundtrack fave Maniac with Chesney Hawkes’ The One and Only, but Blunt then surrenders to familiar, soupy balladeering. Best Laid Plans teems with cliché ("It seems you only want the things that you can’t have") and some David Gilmour-lite guitar noodles that also rear up on Superstar, So Far Gone and No Tears. That last title belies lachrymosity that could float a battleship. Still, this is what you get with James Blunt, isn’t it? Teary, mid-paced pleas for a lover’s forgiveness. And it’s not as if the melodies have deserted entirely: noodles aside, Superstar’s appealing falsetto chorus shakes things up a bit, and If Time Is All I Have is suitably anthemic, this time tuning the guitars to George Harrison.

When all’s said, Some Kind of Trouble is not a terrible record by any means, but there’s little sense that Blunt has advanced – and equally little sense that it’ll make any difference to his bottom line. --Matthew Horton James Blunt - Stay The Night Lyrics » James Blunt » News James Blunt - Stay The Night (New Song!) James Blunt, the "You're Beautiful" singer, is ready to release his third studio album entitled "Some Kind of Trouble" this November 2010. The new CD will be preceded by the first single " Stay The Night " which was premiered on UK radios on Friday. Pretty cool! Seems James will try a bit more folk-ish sound this time. It kinda reminds me to Train's "Hey Soul Sister", what do you think? Anyhow, I don't see why this wouldn't be successful in the UK. Olly Murs scored a #1 hit with "Please Don't Let Me Go" which sounds almost identical to James's new tune. "Stay The Night", which was produced by the incredible Linda Perry, will be released in the UK on October 25th.

Mr Blunt had his international breakthrough with his debut album "Back To Bedlam" in 2005 from which I'm 100% sure you will remember the song "You're Beautiful". I loved it at first but after hearing it God knows how many times on the radio it became so annoying lol. Two years later he released "All The Lost Souls" - which failed to meet the expectations. The album did a decent job in Europe but did not get the #1 in the UK and flopped in America. Let's see how the third one does. By Kevin Apaza on September 12, 2010 PopEntertainment.com: James Blunt interview about 'Some Kind of Trouble.' Copyright �2011 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: January 31, 2011. How does James Blunt follow up a 2005 mega-monster hit, in a world with the attention span of a gnat and a recording industry in shambles and a pitbull cage full of critics trained to tear him apart?

�I didn�t know which direction I wanted to go,� he tells me about the long birth of his latest album, �but I knew I didn�t want to repeat myself. And to make a third album of acoustic bass and melancholy songs wouldn�t have been too fulfilling for me.� So with a screeching turn of about a hundred and eighty degrees, the resulting accomplishment is Some Kind Of Trouble [Atlantic Records]. The finished product, and its warm universal reception, has given him anything but trouble. With his goal to lighten it up, he�s already knocked one out of the park with the happy hit, �Stay the Night.� �I took a bit of time out to hang out with my friends in London,� he says, �and just let the well of inspiration slowly fill up. Then that moment came quickly and spontaneously when I met a man called Steve Robson [the famed British record producer and songwriter]. �I was just supposed to hook up for a beer. But instead, I wandered into his studio, where he was playing the piano. On his walls were all these electric guitars. I picked one up and we wrote a song then and there called �Dangerous.� And it sounded na�ve, like a teenager.

I said to him immediately, �This is the direction I want to head in.� So I came in the next day and recorded it as a demo. It sounded great. And those days turned into weeks and months, and over a year later, we made Some Kind of Trouble.� A far cry (more like a far laugh) from his sensitive-singer-songwriter debut album, Back To Bedlam, which slow-cooked its way to the top of the chart over the course of many months, even years. The eventual breakout hit, �You�re Beautiful,� became one of the signature songs of the oughties, and Blunt was on his way to having to outdo himself. �It was definitely a surprise as to how big it became,� he says of his initial worldwide hit. �I knew it was a song that people could connect with easily, even though �Goodbye My Lover,� on my first album, is a much more personal song to me. And for many, many people, it�s a much more personal song for them.

But as far as radio goes, as far as the song that acts as a commercial for your album, I kind of knew that �You�re Beautiful� could be that one because it was crystal clear. And I think that�s what radio is often about. But the amount that it hit around the world that was a surprise to me.� A surprise in a life of surprises for this man who has gone from a career in the military (in active duty for the British army, he�s seen the hell of war in Kosovo) to performing the biggest concert venues in the world. Talk about some kind of trouble. Still, while serving his country, his muse was keeping him safe for a different kind of future. �When I first started writing songs and recording, I made that decision to fulfill the ambition of being a musician,� he says. �I joined the army because they paid for my education.

After I�ve done six years, I knew then that it was the moment to get out and do what I wanted to do.� He doesn�t regret his decision to trade in his army rank (Captain) for pop superstar, but he also feels that his military career contributed greatly not only to his country and to world peace, but to the artist he eventually became. �I think it was just a good education in the world,� he says. �I went with people from all walks of life, all different backgrounds, and armies from different countries. You learn about the politics, and the psyche of different countries from their armies who go out and represent them. I was lucky enough to be educated into the problems that other people have in other countries that are not as safe as my own. Seeing life and death rolled out in front of you can put other, more banal things into perspective.� Although he is now a long way from the face of war, he still keeps a close eye on the desperate situation in Kosovo. �It�s desperately sad, really,� he says. �The scars of war last for generations.

It was a demonstration of how both people, Serb and Albanian, were wrong, simply for not being able to understand the other one�s perspective. You have one side of the story, and it sounds absolutely right, but if you can�t listen to and understand the other side of the story, then you are not open-minded enough. It was a sad demonstration of that.� Much of what he had seen and what he left behind can be witnessed in a 2006 documentary entitled James Blunt: Return to Kosovo, which chronicles his emotional return to the war-torn country and his intense reunion with those with whom he survived, and his mourning for those he had lost. He says, �I went back there, actually, seven years after the war, and did that documentary. I saw the consequences of what we did. And I guess what I found sad is that we made many promises, but then at the moment, political will changed. Something else comes up, and we all just disappeared and headed off, in this case, to Afghanistan.

We reneged on all the promises that we had made.� War, and serving in the military, had changed him, but nothing in his life so far prepared him for the war zone that was the record industry. �I love what it is at its heart,� he says of his the industry that fostered his career change, �and its heart is about music. I work with a band, with the thrill of playing on stage, and playing as one. To be able to express yourself is mind blowing. To play to an audience that has come on a journey with you is such a thrill, such a simple human communication. And I love that. The business itself in the media world is a different ballgame. It�s taken me a bit of time to learn and understand. I�m a musician more than anything else.� Because critics cannot often be kind, and because audiences tastes are fickle and love can be short-lived, Blunt has learned to lean on those who allow him to lean long and deep. �My friends, on the whole, are almost all the same, from school days and my time in the army,� he says. �Is it difficult to make new friends?

I�m kind of a bit older, I�m not fresh out of school, and I made a bunch of friends from the old days who I stick with for life, I hope. And I really rely on them. I still do make new friends along the way. My band mates have become the closest friends I could possibly have, maybe because I�ve been stuck on a tour bus with them for the last five years. But I do rely on my friends and family.� Family, a British military one who had been serving the Empire for centuries, is what first got him interested in music. �Well, my parents had The Beach Boys and The Beatles,� he says. �Then I went out and bought Pink Floyd�s Wish You Were Here because I loved the cover. From school I heard Fleetwood Mac, lots of David Bowie, Led Zeppelin � I don�t know if you can hear Led Zeppelin throughout my music, but it was what I was listening to. �When I was in the army and I was traveling a lot, I could no longer really carry an amplifier and a guitar because there was no place to plug in my amp in my tank!

I was more based on the acoustic guitar so I started to connect with a few singer-songwriters of the late Seventies, like Paul Simon, who I think is phenomenal; also, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Cat Stevens, and a pianist like Elton John. That�s where my history�s gone.� When not performing, which is becoming rarer, he makes his home in Ibiza, on the Spanish Mediterranean. �It�s like nothing else on the planet,� he says. �I love to ski, to surf, to water ski, and to dive. I�ve gone out there as a kid, on family holidays. It was a time to make a home. The choice was either the rain and concrete of London versus the sunshine and the way of life of a Mediterranean island. It seemed to make sense.� Also making sense these days is the feeling he gets when he plays live, and the connection he makes with his growing legion of fans. �I suppose it must be the same as a flasher in a park,� he says. �It�s the sense of exposing myself, and for people to be taken along and to connect and relate to me. Because I suppose the voice in your head is extremely lonely.

No one else hears it other than you, all the arguments you may have and all the thoughts you have at night. I go through the same process as you in that. But when I get up on stage, and I sing songs that come from my heart, from myself, and I share those with people, and when other people say �Yeah, I feel the same way too,� means that you�re not as lonely. Or at least you�re sticking your head outside the bars of your own mind�s prison cell and other people can see that and go, �Yeah, I�m here too.�� A North American tour begins this April, after a leg in the U.K. Beyond that, even Blunt doesn�t know what�s next creatively. Until then, he can take comfort in friends and fans, even while he�s on stage. He says, �Sometimes, I forget the words and the audience will sing them to me.� Those are his fans again, keeping him out of some kind of trouble. CHECK OUT JAMES BLUNT'S NEW VIDEO "STAY THE NIGHT"!

James Blunt: All The Lost Souls | PopMatters All The Lost Souls Nothing really hits the heart; it's all very precise and workmanlike, and… well, boring, to be honest. To a lot of rock-crit types and “serious music fans”, James Blunt is the Antichrist. The British singer/songwriter’s pinched, high-pitched voice is definitely an acquired taste, while from a musical standpoint, he suggests a watered down version of artists like Ray Lamontagne. Blunt’s debut album, 2005’s Back to Bedlam was downbeat and folky in a way that most singer-songwriters are, with a bit of a retro appeal. From a distance, you got kind of an Elton John or Cat Stevens vibe from him. His acoustic-flavored ballads could have been made in 1975… or 1985… or, well, you get the picture. While the sensitive singer-songwriter will never go out of style, most of them don’t have hits like Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”. The ubiquitous ballad became the first #1 single by a male British artist in a decade.

While purists rolled their eyes at the song’s sappy lyrical sentiment (fellow British singer-songwriter David Gray called the song “dreadful, staggering nonsense” in a magazine interview), Blunt was appearing on Oprah, selling three million records, dating models, hanging with Puffy and becoming a Hollywood scene regular. Take THAT, brooding songwriters!! iTunes The fact that neither of the two other singles from Bedlam really took hold with a mass audience also means that Blunt is now tagged with the label “one-hit wonder”, MTV award and five Grammy nominations be damned. All the Lost Souls is the perilous follow-up release for Blunt. Will this album keep him on the fickle music industry’s A-list, or will the sophomore slump wreak havoc on this release and toss Blunt onto the large pile of musicians who have failed to capitalize on initial success? Well, I’ve gotta at least give Blunt props for not sticking exactly to the same old same old. All the Lost Souls has a less-folky, more pop/rock vibe, with elements of genres from country to electronica.

Part of the album was recorded in the holiday capital of Ibiza, Spain, although don’t expect an album chock-full of party anthems. Don’t think for a second that Blunt doesn’t know where his bread is buttered. “Same Mistake” is a fairly obvious rewrite of “You’re Beautiful”, only Blunt neglected to write an actual chorus and instead, coos in falsetto for the hook. I found it pretty easy to sing along with-only when I did, I was impersonating a dog howling. Not to say that this album is awful, but there’s definitely something lacking here. Blunt’s voice is quite the acquired taste, and nothing on here really stands out or connects from a thematic or lyrical standpoint. Nothing really hits the heart; it’s all very precise and workmanlike, and… well, boring, to be honest. While not particularly exciting, songs like “1973” (the album’s first single) at least provide a diversion by offering beats you can tap your foot to. This is a good thing, because the ballads just seem to pile on slabs of corniness and false sincerity.

However, I’m not quite sure where Blunt was going with a song reminiscing about the year before he was born. “Give Me Some Love” has a slightly crunchy guitar stomp—it rocks harder than anything else on the album, which is all relative—it’s like the hardest-rocking song on a Christopher Cross album. However, lyrics like “Why don’t you give me some love/ I’ll take a shitload of drugs” almost completely capsize one of the album’s more interesting tunes, with a Beatles-esque arrangement and even some pedal steel near the end. While All the Lost Souls will very likely appeal to the exact same folks who made Blunt’s first album a success, I listen to this album and can’t help thinking that this has all been done before-and better! Tracks like “I Really Want You” just rehash the clichés that singer-songwriters have been working with for the past decade, right down to the faux-electronic embellishments. All of this is to say: there’s really nothing that makes Blunt unique, nothing that justifies his standing over the other folks who make similar music. The man got lucky with a hit single, Oprah came calling, and you know the rest.

Something tells me that without a perfect alignment of the stars (or another phone call from the Queen of TV), Blunt’s going to find that sophomore jinx pretty difficult to beat. All The Lost Souls Radionomy | Listen to James Blunt radio stations for free Please sign in to use this functionality James Blunt James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter, musician and former army captain. He had signed with EMI before securing a recording contract with Atlantic Records and Custard Records.Blunt rose to prominence in 2004 with the release of his debut studio album Back to Bedlam, before achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". The album sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. Blunt's second album, All the Lost Souls, which was released in 2007, topped the charts in over 20 countries and produced the hit single "1973".

His third album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released in 2010, after its lead single Stay the Night. A deluxe edition was released the following year, titled Some Kind of Trouble: Revisited. In 2013, he released his fourth album, Moon Landing, which was preceded by the lead single "Bonfire Heart", which peaked at number four in the UK Singles Chart following promotion on The One Show and The Graham Norton Show, as well as receiving extensive radio airplay.Blunt has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, with his debut album, Back to Bedlam, being listed as the best selling album of the 2000s in the UK. He has received several awards and nominations, having won two Brit Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations.Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999. While posted to Kosovo, Blunt was introduced to the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or "Doctors Without Borders").

Since then, Blunt has been an active supporter of MSF by holding meet-and-greet auctions at many of his concerts, and filming the documentary Return to Kosovo, in which he visited the people and places he had encountered while stationed there. Blunt is a patron of Help for Heroes, a charity aiming to raise money to provide better facilities for wounded British soldiers.Early careerBlunt had piano and violin lessons as a child, but his first significant exposure to popular music was at Harrow School. There, he was introduced to the guitar by a fellow student, and started playing the instrument and writing songs at age 14. At University of Bristol, his undergraduate thesis was The Commodification of Image – Production of a Pop Idol; one of his main references for the thesis was Simon Frith, a sociologist and rock critic, and chair of the Mercury Music Prize panel of judges since 1992. While still in the army Blunt would work on demos during his time off. A backing vocalist and songwriting collaborator suggested he contact Elton John's manager Todd Interland, with whom she used to share a house.

Interland told HitQuarters that he listened to Blunt's demo while driving home and after hearing the track 'Goodbye My Lover', pulled over and called the mobile number written on the CD to set up a meeting.Blunt left the British Army in 2002 so that he could pursue his musical career. It was at that period that he started using the stage name "Blunt", in part to make it easier for others to spell; "Blount" is pronounced the same way, and remains his legal surname. Shortly after leaving the army, he was signed to EMI music publishers, and to Twenty-First Artists management. A record contract remained elusive, with recording label executives pointing to Blunt's posh speaking voice as a barrier in class-divided Britain. Linda Perry, who was just launching her own Custard Records label in early 2003, heard Blunt's promotional tape when visiting London, and soon after heard him perform live at the South by Southwest Music Festival.

She made an offer to him the same night and within a few days, Blunt signed a recording contract with Perry, and one month later he was in Los Angeles working with producer Tom Rothrock.Back to Bedlam: 2003–06Blunt recorded Back to Bedlam in 2003 with producer Tom Rothrock at Rothrock's home studio, using session musicians and performing on many different instruments himself. While in Los Angeles, he lodged with actress Carrie Fisher, whom he had met through the family of a former girlfriend. Fisher was very supportive of Blunt's aspirations, suggesting the name of the album and providing use of a bathroom in her home for Blunt to record the song "Goodbye My Lover". Back to Bedlam was finally released in the UK in October 2004. Blunt's debut single in the UK was "High" (co-written with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue). This song initially peaked below the Top 100 of the UK Singles Chart, however after the subsequent success of "You're Beautiful" it finally made the Top 75 before eventually being re-released.

The song was chosen to appear in a Vodafone commercial in Italy, and was a Top 10 hit in that country.The debut album from the unknown Blunt initially attracted little critical attention, and there were no published reviews from major UK music journals. His live performances, mainly in support of better known musicians, received somewhat mixed but generally favourable reviews. Blunt's lack of performing experience and inconsistent approach with audiences was commented upon, while his music was likened to that of Damien Rice and David Gray. In March 2004, with Blunt performing in the support role for Katie Melua in Manchester, Alex McCann of Designer Magazine wrote, "Blunt's ascendance is a dead cert and this time next year it isn't that far removed from reality to suggest that a number 1 album, Brit Award and countless accolade's [sic\] will be his for the taking." After release of the album, concert support slots for Elton John and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions in late 2004 and early 2005 followed, as did a band residency at London club 93 Feet East.

In March 2005, his second single, "Wisemen," was released.Blunt's third single "You're Beautiful" was his break-out hit. The song debuted at number 12 in the UK, and rose all the way to the number one position six weeks after its debut. The song also received massive airplay in the UK, which helped propel Back to Bedlam to number one on the UK Albums Chart. The extensive airplay ultimately led to Blunt and his co-writers being awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work. After the success of "You're Beautiful" in the UK, the song crossed over to mainland Europe, becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2005 across the continent. In the US, "You're Beautiful" made its debut in the summer of 2005 on WPLJ, a prominent radio station in New York City, despite not having been released to radio yet. Once the song was released to radio stations in the fall of 2005, the song climbed into the Top 10 in three radio formats: Adult Contemporary Music, Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, and Adult album alternative.

Blunt became the first British artist to top the American singles chart in nearly a decade when his song "You're Beautiful" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006; the last British artist to do so had been Elton John in 1997 with the song "Candle in the Wind 1997". "Goodbye My Lover" was released as the fourth UK single from the album in December 2005, and was later the second US single. The songs "High" and "Wisemen" were subsequently re-released in 2006. Blunt started off 2006 celebrating five Brit Award nominations, going on to win Best British male solo artist and Best pop act categories, having already started an 11-month tour that would take him around the world. On 31 August, Blunt won two awards at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, with "You're Beautiful" winning the award for Best Male Video.There was extensive promotion in the United States starting in late 2005, with Blunt making appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

Eight of the songs on the album were featured in television shows (The O.C., Grey's Anatomy and many more), films (Undiscovered), and advertising campaigns (Hilton Hotels, Sprint telecommunications) throughout 2005 and 2006. Blunt performed "You're Beautiful" at the 49th Grammy Awards in February 2007, dedicating the song to the late Ahmet Ertegün of Atlantic Records, but he did not win in any of the five categories for which he had received nominations (includes one for Best New Artist Grammy, but lost to Carrie Underwood).The album eventually sold 11 million copies and topped the album charts in 16 territories worldwide. It sold 2.6 million in the U.S. and was certified 2x platinum. In Britain the album was certified 10× platinum, sold over three million copies, and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest selling album in one year.In 2005, Blunt performed in 90 live shows, mainly across the UK and Europe, ending the year supporting Jason Mraz in a North American tour.

The "Back to Bedlam World Tour" started off in January 2006, covering cities in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, as well as three separate headline tours in North America, ending in November of that year. Not including promotional appearances, Blunt performed over 140 live shows in 2006. He enjoys the touring experience, saying in July 2006 that he and his band were having the time of their lives going to new places every day.The videos for all of Blunt's singles from Back To Bedlam feature symbolism and dark imagery. In the first video for "High", he is buried in a desert. In the first video for "Wisemen", he is kidnapped and taken hostage. In the video for "You're Beautiful", he alludes to suicide by jumping off a cliff into the sea. In the "Goodbye My Lover" video, he is the outsider in a love triangle, imagining the couple, a man and woman (played by Matt Dallas of Kyle XY and Mischa Barton of The O.C.) together. The re-release video for "High" features Blunt running in a forest.

The re-release video for "Wisemen" has Blunt burning identification papers, and then walking through a forest while he is on fire.Blunt appeared on an episode of Sesame Street which aired on 14 November 2007, singing about triangles to the tune of "You're Beautiful".A parody of "You're Beautiful" titled "You're Pitiful" was recorded by Weird Al Yankovic. Blunt gave personal permission for this parody to be included on a Weird Al album, but Atlantic Records, Blunt's label, stepped in to forbid the commercial release of the song. Weird Al has since made the song available as a free MP3 download on his website.

In a request by Yankovic to include the song on an upcoming compilation CD, Blunt's manager replied via email, "Thanks for your email, but both James and I will never approve this parody to be released on any label."On 28 December 2009, BBC Radio 1 announced that Back to Bedlam was the biggest selling album of the 2000s decade in the United Kingdom.All the Lost Souls: 2007–08Blunt's second studio album, All the Lost Souls, was released on 17 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and one day later in North America. It sold 65,000 units in its first week, and was certified gold in the UK after only four days. By the end of January 2008, the album had sold 600,000 copies in the UK, and 4.5 million copies internationally. Blunt completed the album's songs at his home in Ibiza in the winter of 2006–2007.

He performed five of the ten album tracks during his 2005–2006 tours; lyrics, melodies, and harmonies were refined for the studio recording, on which his touring band played and Tom Rothrock worked as producer.While Blunt’s first album received little critical attention, critics from every major music publication, and newspapers around the world, weighed in on All the Lost Souls. The album was met with generally mixed to positive reviews, and maintains a 53/100 rating at Metacritic." Eric Danton, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Hartford Courant wrote that the album is "a collection so bland, it makes hardtack seem sumptuous". However, Kerri Mason of Billboard said Blunt "shows the abandon and confidence of a long-term artist, not just a one-hit wonder" and continued "there is not a misstep throughout". Equally effusive, Liz Hoggard of The Observer wrote that "it’s impossible to resist Blunt’s troubadour yearning."The first single from All the Lost Souls, "1973", was inspired by Blunt's nights out at Pacha, an Ibiza club, which opened in that year.

The song became another hit for Blunt reaching number one the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles chart. D.J. Pete Tong remixed "1973" and played the track during his set at Pacha over the summer of 2007. The second single, "Same Mistake", was released in early December 2007 but did not fare well in the UK charts, peaking at number 57. It was Number 1 in Brazil and a hit in many South American countries. The third single from the album was "Carry You Home", released in March 2008, peaking at number 20 in the U.K charts and bringing the album back into the Top 10, six months after its release. The fourth and final single from the original "All The Lost Souls" album was "I Really Want You".Blunt collaborated twice during this album cycle. In late 2007, he worked with French rapper Sinik. They released "Je Réalise", which took elements of Blunt's song "I'll Take Everything", which hit the top 3 in France.

On 14 November 2008, "Primavera in anticipo", Laura Pausini new album, was released. The title track is a duet with Blunt. The album reached the Number 1 in Italy.Throughout 2007 and 2008, Blunt went on his second world tour, including a performance in London's O2 Arena. On 24 November 2008, All The Lost Souls was re-released as a deluxe edition, with new album artwork, new single "Love, Love, Love" and the documentary James Blunt: Return to Kosovo.Some Kind of Trouble: 2010–13James Blunt's third studio album titled Some Kind of Trouble, was released on 8 November 2010. The album debuted at number 4 in the UK with over 100,000 copies sold in the first week. The album's first single "Stay the Night" was released on 27 October 2010. The single charted in the UK top 40 at number 37, and sat at number 2 on the European Airplay Chart for five consecutive weeks.

The second single from the album, "So Far Gone" was for released on the UK on 3 January 2011. The third single from the album, "If Time Is All I Have" was released in the UK on 4 April 2011. Overall critical reception has been mixed, with Allmusic saying, in a positive review, that "Some Kind of Trouble is a step in the right direction for Blunt, a move toward love songs free of pretension" whilst BBC Music felt "When all's said, Some Kind of Trouble is not a terrible record by any means, but there's little sense that Blunt has advanced, and equally little sense that it'll make any difference to his bottom line.As of February 2011, worldwide sales stood at over one million copies.Moon Landing: 2013–presentOn 11 July 2013, Blunt announced that he had finished recording his fourth studio album, entitled Moon Landing. It features production from Back to Bedlam producer Tom Rothrock. The lead single, "Bonfire Heart", debuted at number 6 before peaking at number two the following week in the UK Singles Chart.

"Bonfire Heart" was at 1 in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It was in the top 10 in different countries all over the world.Personal lifeBlunt says that he has become closer to his family since his musical success. His father manages his finances and his mother arranged the purchase of his principal residence in Ibiza, where Blunt has holidayed since he was a teenager. Blunt also owns a châlet in the Swiss town of Verbier, which he purchased in February 2007, and he was named "godfather" of one of the town's new ski lifts.Blunt was instrumental in introducing his sister to her eventual husband after offering her for "sale" on eBay. She was having difficulty obtaining transport to a funeral in Ireland, and Blunt listed her as a "damsel in distress". A person responded saying his friend had a helicopter his sister could charter, but it turned out he was in Sweden and she did not attend the funeral. The respondent suggested she still meet up with the helicopter owner, Guy Harrison, and they began a relationship and eventually married.The musician's private life has been the subject of significant commentary, particularly in the tabloid press.

Blunt himself has found the degree of interest in his personal life to be bizarre, stating that "fame and celebrity is something that other people have constructed that I'm not really party to".On 8 February 2012, Hugh Tomlinson QC, representing a number of victims of the News International phone hacking affair, informed the High Court that Blunt was one of six alleged victims who had filed for damages in new civil cases.On 10 November 2012, The Daily Telegraph reported that Blunt has deposited more than £2 million in the offshore tax haven Jersey and registered the account at his parents' British address. Previously he has denied being a tax exile. Blunt responded on Twitter, "I have an account at HSBC Jersey which has always been declared to HMRC, and I pay my taxes. Witch-hunt."Charitable and environmental causesBlunt has raised funds for the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières through benefit concerts and by auctioning opportunities to meet him at his own shows. He first encountered MSF medical care workers during his tour of duty in Kosovo, and was impressed with the work they did under conditions of minimal support and limited security.He also supports environmental causes.

He screened the trailer for An Inconvenient Truth at his concerts, and for each advance sales concert ticket purchased through his designated website a tree is planted. On 7 July 2007, Blunt performed at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London, and is the owner of one of two prototype electric cars made by Hybrid Technologies under a Space Act partnership with NASA.Blunt is a patron of Help for Heroes, a charity aiming to raise money to provide better facilities for wounded British servicemen, and has also held benefit concerts for this charity.Blunt has also contributed with his vocals for the charity single, "Everybody Hurts" in aid of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Appeal. cc-by-sa Some Kind Of Trouble - Walmart.com Some Kind Of Trouble FREE shipping on orders $50+ Close If your order totals $50 or more and you select Value shipping, this item and any other qualifying items ship for free! List price $18.98 FREE shipping on orders $50+ Faster shipping options available at checkout Pickup not available We don't recognize that location. Check your information and try again. Type You’ll see exact shipping costs and arrival dates when you check out.

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Some Kind Of Trouble Custard/Atlantic recording artist James Blunt's hugely anticipated new album "Some Kind Of Trouble" finds Blunt in a delightfully upbeat frame of mind, capturing the five-time Grammy-nominated troubadour's newfound sense of spontaneity and excitement. "Some Kind Of Trouble" marks a new chapter for Blunt, who sees his internationally successful first two albums as a kind of matched pair - action and reaction. The album - which follows 2007's acclaimed "All The Lost Souls" - will be heralded by the infectious single, "Stay The Night." Other highlights include the bittersweet "These Are The Words," the trenchant, pointed "Superstar" and the powerful, unsentimental ballad, "No Tears," which Blunt views as the album's anchor, describing it as "the summing up of a life," explaining that, "There are certain songs along the way that are milestones, that define a writer to themselves. 'No Tears' is my milestone on this album." With global album sales now at a staggering 18 million, James Blunt is without question among the most gifted and successful singer/songwriters of his generation.

He first captured the world's attention in 2005 with his 2x RIAA platinum-certified debut, "Back To Bedlam", which featured the history-making #1 classic, "You're Beautiful." "All The Lost Souls" followed two years later, debuting atop the album charts in 10 countries and earning unanimous critical acclaim for such hits as "1973" and "Same Mistake." Explore this item

Question: Which singer songwriter's new album is called Some Kind Of Trouble'. He made his name with his debut album Back to Bedlam' in 2005?
Answer: James Blunt